The Pony Express

The article, “Creating the System: Railroads and the Modern Corporation”, informs us all about the development of the transcontinental railroad and how it helped drive the nation west and also transformed western North America into a economy that had many opportunities. The railroads have always interested me when it comes to this period of time. What I learned from the reading that I didn’t know before was that the Western railroads were primary carriers of grain, other agricultural produce, livestock, coal, lumber and minerals. Also seeing the prices that the farmers shipped their products for, and what they paid for the freights rates was very interesting. Overall, if the railroads wouldn’t have been built in a time when there was so little

How does Turner explain the recurring need for communication and transportation along the American frontier?

Consolidated parcel delivery, both on the ground and through the air, was the primary business of the company

The United States Postal Service and the Pony Express are similar in many ways, but also have their differences. The Pony Express was the way people in the 1800's got their mail, but was retired when telegraph lines started to sprout in the American West. Our United States Postal Service is how people now receive their letters, packages, and cards.

When Davis’ company was travelling, they did most of their traveling to and from countries by using train box cars. These cars were often times only big enough for your pack and not much else. However, once they would arrive in the

The Pony Express had an efficient business that didn't have many flaws. During the Pony Express history, there was only one rider and mail that was lost. Obviously, their system was obviously very organized and they were smart. Every day a rider would travel around 75 to 100 miles while changing horses every 10 to 12 miles. They couldn't go very far with the horses since they get tired. The fastest delivery in Pony Express was about 7 days. The mail delivery usually did not take

The transcontinental railroad replaced the pony express and many other means of transportation, making travel safer and upgrading technology, improving the lives of many. Farmers, for instance, were able to trade more crops they had grown, and quicker. The transcontinental railroad went from Nebraska to California. Say there was a farmer in Nebraska, and he wanted to ship corn to a trading post in Nevada. Without the railroad, travel would take much longer, and the trading post would find another farmer that was closer and easier. Furthermore, many forms of tools that are very important in agriculture could not be easily accessed. A spring-toothed harrow is a tool used for farming. This tool is very large, so it would be very hard to transport,

The amount of materials was also immense. Rails, railroad ties, lumber, and provisions needed to be hauled over five hundred miles to get to where it needed to be. The route had no natural provisions, so food and water needed to be hauled from 150 miles away to get to construction crews. In order to understand what it means to build this railroad, one must understand all the obstacles railroad companies and workers had to overcome. In Walt Winter’s The First Transcontinental Railroad, Enid Johnson says,

Economic Discussion Prior to the electric telegraph, a long-distant message might be received through one of the following: fires, beacons, pigeon posts, or semaphores. At this point, the latest semaphore was recorded sending a message from Paris to Liles in under thirty two minutes. Before the telegraph, America used the Pony Express which delivered mail by horse. A message would be delivered by a series of men over a period of time before the message was received. This invaded privacy; also, depending on location, the message may take up to a week to be received.

J.A. Mulkey, a lone cowboy, looking for a claim to set, was the start to a small town. He set a claim Northeast of Leedey on the Mckenzie Flats right by the Chisholm Trail. In 1895, Mulkey started a post office out of his half dugout house, with cedar logs. In 1898 or 99 Sam Stout moved the post office to his grocery store west of the original site. The post office was moved once again, in 1911, to its present site two miles south of Camargo on the east side of the road. Soon the little post office turned into Trail, a booming town in western Oklahoma, full of nesters and cowboys.

“The Express” is the story of Ernie Davis who was the first African-American to win the coveted Heisman Trophy, the highest accolade in American Football. Davis was a naturally talented football player, who developed from a quiet young man to become an icon for the civil rights movement that divided America in the early 1960s. Raised in poverty in Pennsylvania coal-mining country, his talent was recognized by Coach Ben Schwartzwalder who would help him turn from a high school athlete to a sporting legend. Ernie Davis was the first African-American to win the coveted Heisman Trophy, the highest accolade in American Football. Davis was a naturally talented football player, who developed from a quiet young man to become an icon for the civil

A mustang is a free roaming horse of the American west that first came or descended from horses that came to America from the Spanish. Mustangs are often called wild horses to, but because they are descended from once domesticated horses, they are properly defined as feral horses. The original mustangs were Colonial Spanish horses, but many other breeds America types of horses contributed to the modern mustang. Most contain a greater genetic mixture of ranch stock and more recent breed releases, while a few are relatively unchanged, most are strongly represented in the isolated populations.

Around the 1920’s in Nome, there was an outbreak of a disease called diphtheria, the only doctor had run out of the serum (medicine) to cure it so the Alaska’s state governor had to get some delivered by train to the closest town, Anchorage. Anchorage and Nome where far apart from each other (more than 1,000 miles) the serum had to be delivered to Anchorage as soon as possible. Planes could not fly because of the extreme weather conditions (up to -60°F) so the way they picked up the serum was from dogsled to the train the way there was easier but the way back was harder because

The Red Pony by author John Steinbeck is a very notable book for young adults. The central and recurring theme of the four stories told within this short novel is life and death. The stories also deal with conflict between old and new. Unlike most novels for young adults this book is different because John Steinbeck does not try to soften or hide old age and death, but instead presents these themes as they are in reality. The stories tell how the main character, Jody Tiflin, becomes more responsible as he deals with the disappointments and sadness, as well as the successes of real life.

The Camel Transportation Company, later renamed Dromedary Line, was the first camel company to operate in the United States. It was shortly followed by the American Camel Company. The purpose of these companies was to transport passengers from Texas to California and into Panama. The Camel Transportation Company and the American Camel Company soon failed but their idea exploded in the back of Jefferson Davis’s head.